Girloorloo Tours @ Mimbi Caves

Indige­nous guid­ed tour of the 400 mil­lion year old Devon­ian reef; the Kim­ber­ley’s best kept secret!

The tour begins at the entrance to the cave sys­tem with inter­pre­ta­tive sig­nage. Your indige­nous guide will share sto­ries of what the old peo­ple used show­ing arte­facts, intro­duc­ing bush tuck­er and bush med­i­cine plants. You will hear ancient dream time sto­ries & oth­er fas­ci­nat­ing sto­ries from more recent times. The Mim­bi Cave sys­tem is a series of spec­tac­u­lar cave net­works carved through the ancient Devon­ian reef sys­tem . You will see breath­tak­ing speleotherms or active grow­ing lime­stone for­ma­tions. There are also beau­ti­ful shawls and flow­stones , some with sparkling crystals.

Tour Start time : 2pm Mon­day — Thurs­day and Sat­ur­day dur­ing the sea­son (meet at the turnoff to the caves 1:45pm) Dri­ve to the entrance to the caves and go on by foot with an Indige­nous Guide. The tour requires walk­ing / stand­ing for approx­i­mate­ly 2 hours . There are oppor­tu­ni­ties for elder­ly vis­i­tors to sit and rest on occa­sion. Most of the tour takes place in the cave sys­tem look­ing at the beau­ti­ful nat­ur­al fea­tures; often hand held torch­es pro­vide the only light. The walk into and through the caves can be uneven at times; while the guide can pro­vide some assis­tance you will need to be rea­son­ably con­fi­dent on your feet as falls can hap­pen. Those suf­fer­ing a fear of close spaces and dark­ness need to be mind­ful of this. After the cave walk after­noon tea con­sist­ing of tea and damper is served at the entrance to the cave; cups, plates, uten­sils and seats are pro­vid­ed. Dur­ing morn­ing tea your guide will share sto­ries that will trans­port you back in time to when Abo­rig­i­nal peo­ple inhab­it­ed these caves.

Tour Start time: 8am Mon­day — Sat­ur­day dur­ing the sea­son (meet at the turnoff to the caves 7:45am). Dri­ve to the entrance to the caves and go on by foot with an Indige­nous Guide. The tour requires walk­ing / stand­ing for approx­i­mate­ly 2 hours. There are oppor­tu­ni­ties for elder­ly vis­i­tors to sit and rest on occa­sion. Most of the tour takes place in the cave sys­tem look­ing at the beau­ti­ful nat­ur­al fea­tures; often hand held torch­es pro­vide the only light. The walk into and through the caves can be uneven at times ; while the guide can pro­vide some assis­tance you will need to be rea­son­ably con­fi­dent on your feet as falls can hap­pen. Those suf­fer­ing a fear of close spaces and dark­ness need to be mind­ful of this. After the cave walk morn­ing tea con­sist­ing of tea and damper is served at the entrance to the cave; cups ​‚plates, uten­sils and seats are pro­vid­ed. Dur­ing morn­ing tea your guide will share sto­ries that will trans­port you back in time to when Abo­rig­i­nal peo­ple inhab­it­ed these caves.

If you wish to cancel your tour you must do so immediately with the booking agent. Once we have received your notice cancellation will take effect. If you do not inform the booking agent and are a no show you will receive no refund of your tour price. If cancellation takes place on the day of or within 48 hours of the tour 100% of your price will be forfeited. Cancellation more than 48 hours prior to the departure of the tour will enable a 100% refund of the tour price.

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